UK Tag Archive

Live Action, Sponsored

Jordon Scott Kennedy Reignites the Joy of Working Class Childhoods in His BBC Comedy Short ‘Rocket Fuel’

Jordon Scott Kennedy shares his frustration with typical social realist films and his desire to tell joyful working class stories which embrace a child's POV.

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Live Action, Premiere

Jack King Traverses the Moral Wilderness of Childhood Cruelty in His Unsettling Drama-Thriller ‘Predators’

From abandoned snakes to abandoned morals: Jack King discusses crafting a dark, child-led world of ethical ambiguity in his BFI-backed suburban short.

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Live Action, Premiere

Eva Blackwell-Rogelj’s ‘Watering Hole’ Scrutinises the Blurred Divide Between Female Empowerment and Exploitation

Eva Blackwell-Rogelj unpacks how she dove deep into the opaquely murky waters of female sexuality vs male objectification in her troublingly familiar short.

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Film Festival, Live Action

A Communication Breakdown Reveals the Simmering Toxicity of a Relationship in Vida Skerk’s Cannes Premiering ‘Ether’

From NFTS first year film to Cannes red carpet: Vida Skerk reflects on embracing subtlety over spectacle for her history making La Cinef selected short film.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Confused Monster Finds Herself Adrift in a Surreal Seaside Town in Olivier Richomme’s Disorienting Short ‘Mush’

Drawn to the faded heyday glamour of Blackpool, Olivier Richomme explains how he transformed seaside banality into a surrealist meditation on monstrosity.

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Live Action

Sacred Vows Collapse Under Carnal Desire in Alexander Jeremy’s Psychodrama ‘The Consecration of a Perpetual Virgin’

Alexander Jeremy trumpets the lofi manifesto which has enabled him to continually develop his filmmaking creativity free from gatekeeping financial barriers.

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Live Action, Premiere

Dan Braga Ulvestad Confronts the Unspoken Weight of Shared History in His Emotionally Raw Two-Hander ‘Park Benches’

Dan Braga Ulvestad takes us inside the stripped-back approach, actor trust and delicate existential dialogue which were central to his grounded breakup short.

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Live Action, Premiere

Time Stretches and Fractures in Louisa Connolly-Burnham’s Unflinching Exploration of Consent ‘The Ceiling’

Louisa Connolly-Burnham discusses using long takes to place us in the visceral tension of her depiction of a woman's lack of consent being repeatedly ignored.

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Live Action

Craig Ainsley Blends Sci-Fi and Morning-After Awkwardness in One Night Stand Comedy ‘Everyone Does It’

Craig Ainsley reveals how a sleep-deprived 4am idea evolved into a sci-fi comedy short grounded in painfully relatable human awkwardness.

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Art & Fashion, Premiere

Riccardo Fusetti Gives the Carefree Lifestyle Fashion Film a Subversive Twist in Multiformat Short ‘Editorial’

Riccardo Fusetti walks through the construction of his lifestyle short which uses 80 AI VFX shots to subvert our expectations of a model's carefree existence.

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Live Action

Riffy Ahmed’s ‘The Call’ Presents an Improbable Hero in Her Tower Block Meditation on Intergenerational Bonds

Riffy Ahmed discusses integrating magical realism into her short film which offers a fresh take on the emotional dynamics of mother/daughter relationships.

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Live Action, Premiere

Sam Baron’s ‘Office Royale’ Is a Scathing Corporate Satire That Will Keep You Guessing Until the Final Bang

Sam Baron reveals how camerawork, coordinated stunts and top-notch performances combined to enhance the dark comedy of his bloody office survival short.

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